2022 Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,159 people earned their degree in general physical sciences, making the major the 135th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,050 and had an average of $13,137 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 214 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,800 and $11,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general physical sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general physical sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general physical sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree physical science students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$19,672 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emory University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s physical science students in 2019-2020.

Emory also made our “Best General Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $19,672 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Physical Science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Emory University.

The low student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Emory General Physical Sciences Report

#2

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$15,209 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physical Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s physical science degrees in 2019-2020.

WKU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend WKU is $15,209 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Physical Science students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about General Physical Sciences at Western Kentucky University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Physical Sciences (Income $48-$75k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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